Maksim Beliaev
Chief Of Staff, Software Engineering at Canonical
Berlin, Germany
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Top SchoolMaksim Beliaev is a results-driven engineering operator and Chief of Staff with eight years of experience aligning large technical organizations and executive strategy, currently shaping operations for Canonical’s 600+ engineer department in Berlin. He combines hands-on backend and DevOps experience—contributing test automation and client features to notable Python projects like getsentry/responses and devopshq/artifactory—with a track record of improving developer workflows and onboarding at scale. At Canonical he’s led the company’s shift toward an enterprise structure and introduced a Secure SDLC while standardizing delivery practices across domains from kernels and IoT to Kubernetes and private cloud. Previously at Ansys he improved EMEA engineering productivity and customer satisfaction while migrating teams to GitHub and automating HPC and CI workflows. Known for bridging technical depth and organizational design, he pairs practical code contributions with measurable operational gains. He holds advanced technical training from institutions in Germany and Russia, grounding his leadership in engineering fundamentals.
8 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree Electrothermal Energy Conversion Group, Master's degree Electrothermal Energy Conversion Group at Technische Universität IlmenauSaint Petersburg State Electrotechnical University "LETI"Intern Institut für Elektroprozesstechnik, Intern Institut für Elektroprozesstechnik at Leibniz Universität Hannover
Russian, English, German
Stackoverflow
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40answers
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Github Skills (27)
report-builder10
pytest10
python10
apidoc10
artifactory10
file-parsing10
api10
mocking10
http-request10
report-generator10
test-automation10
api-design9
prompt-toolkit9
http9
devops9
Programming languages (17)
Github contributions (5)
getsentry/responses
Sep 2021 - Jan 2023
A utility for mocking out the Python Requests library.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & Test Automation Engineer
Back-end Developer & Test Automation EngineerContributions:143 reviews, 119 commits, 129 PRs in 1 year 4 months
Contributions summary:Maksim primarily contributed to the Python-based `responses` library by adding and enhancing features related to request matching and response handling. They implemented new request matchers for validating parameters, query strings, and multipart requests, significantly expanding the library's capabilities. The user also focused on improving testing, including adding tests for raw requests, deprecated features, and comprehensive testing around various matching scenarios. Additionally, they addressed several bugs and improved the library's documentation.
pythontestingmockingpython-requestsmock
devopshq/artifactory
May 2020 - Dec 2021
dohq-artifactory: a Python client for Artifactory
Role in this project:Back-end & DevOps Engineer
Back-end & DevOps EngineerContributions:171 reviews, 116 commits, 68 PRs in 1 year 7 months
Contributions summary:Maksim contributed significantly to the `devopshq/artifactory` repository, primarily by adding new functionality to the Python client for Artifactory, including support for API archive downloads. They also modified existing functions to comply with existing `kwargs` functionality and fixed issues. Furthermore, the user was involved in merging remote changes and resolving merge conflicts. The user's work indicates a focus on improving the client's features and addressing integration issues.
python-libraryartifactoryartifactory-query-languagepythonpython-client
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